Pro: You do not need picasa, download the images to a folder you want, no need to change the configurationCons: You need some addons, maybe it does not work on “private” albums?

2. Solution: Use Picasa with some small fixes

Open about:config (like a n ordinary url) and change the following:

set network.protocol-handler.expose.picasa to false

set network.protocol-handler.external.picasa to true

set network.protocol-handler.app.picasa to /opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/picasa(seems to have no impact)

Open the file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list and add x-scheme-handler/picasa=picasa.desktop under [Added Associations].

Now click the “Download to picasa” button in the web album you want to download.

There should be a popup which asks you what program to use for this link. If there is no popup you can change this setting under Edit -> Preferences -> Applications.

Click Choose and select /opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/picasa (important: not /usr/bin/picasa, which opens only the main picasa program and not the “Download Album” dialog. (weird, especially because /usr/bin/picasa is only a symlink to the /opt binary).